Case Studies UNDP: POLOPROBIO, Brazil

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Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities

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UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIESLocal and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that workor people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth otheir impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practitionersthemselves guiding the narrative.To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing seriesthat details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmentalconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local success

to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models orreplication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power o Local Action: Lessons rom 10 Years othe Equator Prize, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.

Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiatives searchable case study database

EditorsEditor-in-Chie: Joseph CorcoranManaging Editor: Oliver HughesContributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding

Contributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver HugheWen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna Wu

DesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis

AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Centre or Biodiversity Protection and Sustainable Use o Natural Resourc(Poloprobio), and in particular the guidance and inputs o Francisco Samonek, Director. All photo credits courtesy o Poloprbio. Macourtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.

Suggested CitationUnited Nations Development Programme. 2012. Poloprobio, Brazil. Equator Initiative Case Study Series. New York, NY.
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PROJECT SUMMARYThis research institute, based in the Brazilian state o Acre,devised a method or the artisanal processing o raw latexobtained rom Hevea brasiliensis rubber trees, suitableor small-scale production in orest-based communitieso indigenous rubber tappers in the Brazilian Amazon.Replicating the technology is a highly individualizedprocess, taking into account the social and cultural settingo each client community as well as the diculties oestablishing orest-based production.

The technology is currently being used at 11 sites across our

Brazilian states, benetting a total o 600 people, includingcommunities rom the indigenous Kaxinaw, Shanenawa,Apurin, and Kaxarari tribes. A kilogram o rubber processedby conventional methods is typically sold at around BRL3.50 (USD 2.20); when processed into high-quality productsusing Poloprobios method, one kilogram o rubber is nowworth on average BRL 50.00 (USD 30).

KEY FACTS

EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2008

FOUNDED: 1998

LOCATION: Acre, Amazonas, Rondnia and Par

BENEFICIARIES: Indigenous and traditional rubber tapper

BIODIVERSITY: Up to 180,000 ha of forest protected

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Background and Context 4

Key Activities and Innovations 5

Biodiversity Impacts 7

Socioeconomic Impacts 7

Policy Impacts 8

Sustainability 9

Replication 10

Partners 10


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he Centre or Biodiversity Protection and Sustainable Use o Natu-al Resources (Polo de Proteo da Biodiversidade e Uso Sustentvelos Recursos Naturais - Poloprobio) is based in Rio Branco, the capi-

al city o the Brazilian state o Acre. The organization was oundedn 1998 and obtained the status o civil society organization o pub-c interest in 2002. The Centre is a science and technology instituteedicated to researching innovations in sustainable livelihoods in or-er to help conserve the Amazon rainorest. To this end, Poloprobio

works with marginalised communities to develop high-value prod-cts through the cultivation and secondary processing o natural

esources. Its most successul innovation has combined traditionalmethods and modern scientic processes to produce latex rom lo-

ally harvested rubber. This technology is being used at eleven sitescross our Brazilian states, benetting a total o 600 people, includ-ng members o the indigenous Kaxinaw, Shanenawa, Apurin and

Kaxarari tribes.

The decline o the Brazilian rubber industry

During the early 1990s, the Amazonian rubber industry was hit hardy the withdrawal o government subsidies that had sustained theector since the 1960s. Policy reorms resulted in closure o the Su-erintendence or Rubber (Superintenncia da Borracha Sudhe-ea) an administrative body responsible or allocating resourcesrom the domestic rubber industry, which supplied credit to rubber

armers through regional and national banks, stocked municipalood stores or rubber tappers, provided technical assistance and ru-al extension services, and paid the wages o rural teachers, doctorsnd healthcare workers.

With Sudheveas closure, these services disappeared virtually over-ight, which had catastrophic eects on the lives o rubber tappingommunities. Food warehouses closed, banks ceased oering credito the rubber industry, state governments laid o employees, ruralealth centres and schools closed, and mobile health boats thatad served geographically isolated rubber tapping communities

stopped operating. Rubber actories closed down, leaving proers without a market or their product and causing many Amazotappers to migrate to the outskirts o major cities.

Vast amounts o land that were previously used or rubber extion underwent large scale conversion to accommodate cattle ing and agrarian reorm projects. While rubber tapping continusome extractive reserves, this was insucient to sustain the intry. Widespread deorestation resulted, driving resident indigepopulations and rubber tapping communities into conditions otreme poverty with ew viable livelihood options. While rubbetextiles were still produced in urban centres, the required smoke

ing method that was not economically viable or Amazonian cmunities.

The rise o Amazonian Natural Rubber

To address these challenges, Poloprobios ounder, Dr. FranSamonek, developed a method o processing rubber called Amnian Natural Rubber that did not require smoke curing. The mod involves artisanal pre-vulcanization o raw latex rom the Hbrasiliensis tree. The raw latex is treated and then pigmented natural dyes. Its primary use was envisioned as a rubber-style nate or the decoration o clothing and handicrats. Alternativelylatex can be mixed manually with sawdust (cheap and easily ob

able, as it is discarded in large quantities by local timber producto generate a compound that can be transormed into packamaterial, rubber fooring, rugs and other industrial-quality prod

In addition to producing a number o commercially viable prodthis method is easily transerable to isolated indigenous commties with limited resources. Amazonian Natural Rubber has becthe fagship innovation o Poloprobio. Beyond its outreach wortranserring and replicating this process amongst rural, indigecommunities throughout the Amazon, Poloprobio carries outgoing research to improve and rene the process.

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Key Activities and Innovations

he key activity and innovation o Poloprobio has been Amazo-ian Natural Rubber, or Encauchados de Vegetais da Amaznia.

Encauchados reers to the rubber products traditionally producedby indigenous Amazonian peoples rom the caucho plant (Castil-oaulei) and used to waterproo abrics and handicrats. The tradi-ional method or the extraction o latex involves making shallowiagonal cuts in the bark o the tree and attaching a collection can to

he trunk. The latex is then run through a sieve, mixed with ash andeated or an hour, a process that prevents coagulation and bacte-al contamination. With the growth o the rubber tapping industry,

his technique started to be applied to the Heveabrasiliensis rubberrees with the goal o producing rubberized abrics or sale. With the

ecline o the latex production industry in the early 1990s, researchwas conducted into the development o new and locally appropri-te technologies or Amazonian communities that utilized this tradi-ional technique.

nitial research by Poloprobio ocussed on two varieties o rubber:ark Brazilian granulated rubber and ribbed smoked sheet rubber.oth varieties are used in urban actories or manuacturing tyresnd other intermediate products that add some value to the raw

atex. Research concluded, however, that neither variety would beconomically viable or local and indigenous communities withoutubstantial subsidies. The communities would be in competition

with both imported rubber and latex originating rom plantations

n Brazils central southeast region, which are closer to major indus-rial centres and whose trees are more productive than native Ama-onian trees. The main stumbling block, however, was the need orndustrial bre in its production, which had to be purchased romistant cities.

Revitalising small scale production

oloprobios breakthrough innovation was the use o short veg-table bres, such as sawdust. Not only are these bres cheap and

ocally available in Amazonian communities but, when combined

with latex, they produce a malleable paste that can be dried insun to orm high quality, durable rubber products. Poloprobio works with indigenous communities to apply this technology inproduction o bags, pots, rugs, tablecloths, boxes, tiles and a numo other commercially viable products that are decorated with inenous motis using pigmented latex. By producing their own ginstead o simply selling the rubber to middlemen, rubber taphave signicantly increased their incomes. One kilogram o ruprocessed by conventional methods is typically sold or around2.20, which includes public subsidies. When processed into quality products using the encauchado method, one kilograrubber is now worth on average USD 30.

Poloprobio has ocused its outreach with indigenous communon create amily-based production units. This process o technotranser has proven highly successul in replicating best practiceconomically marginalized and geographically isolated commties, Amazonian Natural Rubber has generated much-neededployment and high incomes by allowing amilies to producedirectly market value-added goods. Poloprobio now oversees ao 300 hectares o sustainably managed rubber tree plots. The tnology has achieved a high rate o uptake in its target communby utilizing local raw materials which are abundantly available, so-the-art technology that has been adapted and simplied oin orest environments, and skilled labour (capitalising on exte

local knowledge o this activity).

A usion o modern and traditional knowledge

The approach used by Poloprobio represents a usion o moand traditional knowledge, combining a rubber extraction tnique that dates back to the 17th century with modern technoand tools. The organization has successully recovered, tweakedpopularised a customary practice that is compatible with the cmunal, selective and low-impact management o natural resouThe technique has had substantial socioeconomic and livelih


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enets or indigenous communities, while maintaining the integri-y o the rainorest. The rebirth o artisanal rubber tapping has easedressure on orest resources that are already under signicant strain

rom commercial ranching, agriculture and logging. So too then, thisechnique has been a social innovation that provides a rallying postor indigenous rights, as well as calls or environmental and socialustice.

Support and extension services

Once work begins at a new extraction site, Poloprobio maintainsegular contact with the producer group, conducting monitoringnd evaluation on environmental and economic impacts and pro-ucing progress reports. The Centre also provides technical assis-

ance with extension workers and sta technicians visiting each sitevery two months. These scheduled check-ins allow participatingroups to benet rom the latest innovations and new knowledge as

t emerges and acilitate local input into project design, making ormore responsive programming. The individual cultures and liestyles

dierent communities are taken into consideration when design-

ng interventions and project specic, particularly with indigenousroups. Technologies too are adapted to the orest setting and thearticular ecological conditions o each community. Finally, eachommunity is given guidance on market access and linked to airnd equitable market supply chains. Support and outreach servicesrovided by extension workers last a minimum o two years with the

ong term goal o community sel-suciency and the autonomousmanagement o local production.

Decentralised management and production

All participating communities are represented on a committee thatets criteria to ensure that the products produced meet a minimum

uality standard. Poloprobio ensures that all production processesre easily adoptable by rubber tappers and that the health and saety workers is never compromised. The low costs o investment, highalue-added, ease o ownership by community members, and ast

monetary return on the goods produced have made the replication Poloprobios rubber production process rapid and fuid. To date,he model has been shared across eleven production sites. Polopro-io employees include teachers, agronomists, economists, chemists,cologists, anthropologists and oresters, all o whom work closely

with the producing communities. There is no central management rubber production - control over sales and revenues is devolved

o the level o individual production units. Once a project has been

rmly established, Poloprobio acts primarily in an advisory rolealso provides support by proling community products in airshibitions, and regional and national industry orums.

Governance and institutional ramework

The institute is administered by a General Assembly, which mannually to vote on decisions relating to the strategic directionevolving objectives o the organization. An executive board coning o a president, vice president and administrative director, caout decisions taken by the General Assembly. As an additional cto ensure transparency and good governance, a Fiscal Council osees and monitors the implementation o all decisions. Poloprobocially registered with the Ministry o Justice as a civil society onization o public interest, and is required to report to the Minannually to maintain this status.

If you want to preserve Amazon biodiversity, support social technologies that have been

consolidated using techniques and practices developed by indigenous and traditional peoples

who know the land and whose management is low impact.

Francisco Samonek, Director, Poloprobio


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Impacts

BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS

The most obvious biodiversity impact rom Poloprobios work hasbeen the conservation o Amazonian rainorest. Acre, the statewhere Poloprobio is most active, is the state with the widest disper-al o rubber trees. It is estimated that a rubber tappers plot o land

must cover between 250 and 300 hectares to remain economicallyviable. With 600 producers currently involved in processing rubber

cross Poloprobios eleven sites, up to 180,000 hectares o orest, dis-ributed across our Amazon states, have been protected. The initia-ive marks a triumph o long term sustainability over short term gain.

While elled trees can be sold or higher prices, standing rubber trees

an provide long term, year-round livelihood benets.

A community-based alternative to deorestation

The maintenance o rubber plots has helped reduce the spread oarge scale ranching, land conversion or agriculture, and resulting

deorestation. With the collapse o the rubber industry in the 1990s,ogging and timber extraction became important, though unsus-ainable, pillars o the economy. So too, large swaths o land were

deorested or conversion to soy and sugarcane plantations. Thesemonocultures had devastating impacts on the regions biodiversity.

and conversion, deorestation, biodiversity loss and the social and

economic marginalization o orest-dependent communities werell closely tied together in this shit. Rubber tapper and indigenousommunities oten do not hold secure legal tenure over their land,

despite having in many cases occupied it or generations and gener-tions. To accommodate the plantation economy, indigenous com-

munities were either orced to vacate their lands or were relocatedo extractive reserves. Though rubber tapping groups were legally

permitted to continue their trade in extractive reserves, the sale oaw latex generated so little revenue that many communities wereorced (out o economic necessity) to clear their land or commer-ial ranching, arming or logging. Poloprobios technical innovation

has enabled communities that have managed to retain their lansubstantially increase their income rom rubber production andre-established this traditional practice as a high-value, sustainuse o orest resources.

Rubber trees orm a sot barrier between human populationsthe Atlantic Forest: a World Biosphere Reserve that extends athe Atlantic coast o Brazil rom Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grdo Sul. Traditional rubber producing sites are located througthe Brazilian Amazon, rom the Maraj Archipelago in Par, nortMato Grosso, Rondnia, Acre and Amazonas to more isolated Azon regions in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Rubber tree plots do

require the clearing or conversion o land, which allows the protion o standing orests and the conservation o biodiversity.

The threats o deorestation have been signicantly reduced throthe introduction o amily and community-based rubber protion units in conservation areas, extractive reserves, sustainuse units, and indigenous territories. Land is now used less insively or agroorestry purposes. Rubber trees protect the delorest soil rom erosion and allow secondary crops such as banand cacao to be grown between them. Rubber extraction in ocommunities has encouraged the conservation o local ecosysincluding other tree species such as Carapa guianensis, Cedrelaorata, Copaiera langsdorfi, Cordia alliodora, Ceiba pentandra,

teryx odorata, as well as the vulnerable species Bertholletia excAmburana acreana, and Swietenia macrophylla. The protectiostanding orests has also beneted wildlie in the region, incluthreatened populations o alligator, jaguar, monkey, tapir, capyagouti, paca and wild pig.

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS

The combination o traditional latex collection and value-adsecondary processing has bolstered local economies in great o revitalization and substantially increased household incom


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participating communities. For instance, one community produc-ion unit located near the town o Feij in Acre state is capable o

processing over 40 litres o latex per month with a 30 per cent protmargin. Poloprobio employs a model which supports communitieso establish production units that will generate revenues and which

can quickly become sel-sustaining and protable. It takes the aver-age production unit three and a hal months to generate enoughevenue to repay the initial loan o USD 2,000 needed or the start-

up o a production group.

A low-input, high-return income generator

Some o the main benets o the model promoted by Poloprobioare that it requires a minimal input o time, is not labour intensive,and can be a supplementary livelihood activity or workers active inother productive sectors or elds. Local producers can simultane-ously (and oten in the same landscape) conduct other income-gen-erating activities such as agriculture (subsistence and cash crops),shing, sustainable hunting, and the harvesting o non-timber orestproducts like nuts and seeds. In addition to improving local incomes,raditional rubber production has allowed amilies to reduce their

average number o work hours.

On average, community groups and amily units produce 40 o latex per month. The amount o latex processed depends onneeds o each community, the ability o the market to absorbduction, and the external demand or latex-based products.average price or standard rubber products is USD 25 per kilogUsing the traditional latex extraction and value-added seconprocessing techniques, communities are now able to earn up to95 per kilogram.

Empowered communities and improved social cohesio

The collective nature o traditional rubber tapping producvalue-added secondary processing and marketing has helpestrengthen community bonds and build the social capital thalows collective action to take place. Because production proceare based on local customs, traditional knowledge, and indigeculture, the revitalization o this practice has strengthened cmunity pride and identity. This is particularly true amongst yowho have ew employment options in the rainorest and are oorced to emigrate to urban centres in search o employment. 65 per cent o the producers working with Poloprobio are betw

the ages o 19 and 29. Women have benetted equally rom capbuilding and income generation, and play an important role inproduction process. More than hal o the project beneciariemembers o indigenous communities, with 330 out o the totaproducers involved coming rom the Kaxinaw, Shanenawa, rin and Kaxarari tribes.

POLICY IMPACTS

Poloprobio has been recognized regionally, nationally and inationally or its innovative use o technology. In 2006, the Cewas awarded the prestigious Proessor Samuel Benchimol PrizConscientious Entrepreneurship in the Amazon. This was olloby the Bank o Brazil Foundations Social Technology Award in 2In 2010, the Centre was one o ve projects rom Brazils nortregion to be awarded the ODM Brazil Award or its work towachievement o Millennium Development Goals.

Even with this success, the institute has not yet been wholly mstreamed into national policymaking processes. Similarly, no ernment policies at any level have been put in place to supporreplication or transer o the technology to other sites across BHowever, the promotion o community-based rubber produhas had an impact on ederal laws. Minimum prices have been iduced or non-timber orest products such as rubber, nuts, oils

aai. Rubber workers have also been granted pensions by the egovernment.

Poloprobio has worked to raise its prole through public unding campaigns as well as attendance at national and internatevents. The Centre partners with ederal universities in AcrePar, the National Indian Foundation (Fundao Nacional do - FUNAI), and the Chico Mendes Institute or Biodiversity Constion (Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservao da BiodiversidadeMBio). Poloprobio has also sought patents rom the National tute o Intellectual Property.

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Sustainability and Replication

SUSTAINABILITYy adding value to traditional rubber production processes,oloprobio has ensured that the projects remain viable sources o

ncome at their respective sites. Latex extraction is a sustainablectivity in the medium term, as rubber trees can be tapped or upo 20 years. The simple technologies and traditional knowledgenvolved make the process a low-cost livelihood option orommunities. Communities are only supported to join Poloprobioollowing thorough on-site research to assess the particular needs the community and the projects easibility. This bottom-up,emand-driven approach to implementation guarantees that

rojects only proceed where there is substantial local support. Onlyter this process does the search or resources and partners begin.rojects are transerred to local management within the rst ewears o implementation, giving communities complete control overechnology, production and sales. This ensures the environmentalustainability o the projects, as low-impact, selective management rubber trees allows or regeneration while also enablingommunities to resist pressure to clear their land.

Social sustainability

oloprobio maintains cross-sector partnerships that include localnd indigenous communities, academic institutions, government

gencies, and municipal, state and ederal donor agencies.his diversity o partnerships has allowed Poloprobio to avoidverdependence on any single source o unding. By the same token,rassroots ownership o the Centre has been critical to success o theroject. The latex extraction process and much o the value-addedecondary processing technology is based on traditional knowledge.his has created a high level o community buy-in, ostered aollective identity based on social equity, and engendered a sharedelie that local and indigenous communities can be the architectsnd drivers o their long term economic development.

Plans or expansion through productive conservation

The institute aims to expand rom 600 to 1,600 producers by theo 2013. This substantial growth will be pursued through partnewith the Brazilian multinational energy company PetrobrasBrazilian Innovation Agency (Financiadora de Estudos e Proj FINEP), and the National Council or Scientic and TechnoloDevelopment (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientTecnolgico CNPq). The Centre believes that with the suppoan enabling policy environment at least 1,000 producers couladded every year. In addition to bringing livelihood benets teconomically marginalized population, within ten years, this m

o growth could contribute to the productive conservation o mthan three million hectares o tropical rainorest.

Organizational sustainability

Poloprobio has reached impressive heights on the shouldevolunteers. The majority o project managers also have ull-timeas teachers and researchers at other organizations and institExtension services and outreach activities are carried out technical team that is paid rom a dedicated project budget.sources o these unding are critical to the long-term organizatsustainability o Poloprobio. The Federal Universities o Acre andassist in undraising, help to prepare and submit grant applica

to FINEP and CNPq, and run certication programmes or Poloptrainees. FUNAI, ICMBio and the Ministry or Agrarian Developm(Ministrio do Desenvolvimento Agrrio MDA) overseemanagement o the projects in dierent regions and prologistical support. Financing or the implementation o procomes rom Petrobras Development and Citizenship Programthe Brazilian Support Service or Micro and Small Enterprises (SeBrasileiro de Apoio s Micro e Pequenas Empresas SEBRAE).

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osts o providing on-going technical assistance to the producerommunities. The Centre is considering the easibility o increasinghe prices o collectively marketed products to help cover thesedditional costs.

REPLICATION

eplication has been a priority o Poloprobios outreach work with

ocal and indigenous communities across the Amazon. The Centreegins with an assessment o the proposed production site toetermine the latex output potential, the availability o local labour,nd the extent o existing social organization and local inrastructure.ollowing the easibility study (i all necessary conditions areresent or the project site to be selected), Poloprobio works with

he community to prepare a detailed project plan, including amapping o potential partners and identiying resources or building

roduction units.

Once partners and sucient resources have been identied andecured, the community is supported to purchase the necessary toolsnd materials, equip and open local roads, and build the productionousing units (all using local labour). Communities are given loans

o cover or the costs o this work, which they can typically repaywithin three and a hal months o production. Finally, workshops are

rganized to provide participating community members with theecessary training, skills and proessional qualications. The time

nvestment or these workshops is not insignicant, and regularlyonsists o a total 340 hours o class work covering, among otherhings: the manuacture o ash water, bre and plant pigments;xtraction, harvesting and artisanal pre-vulcanization o native

atex; production o buttons and seed-based jewellery; production rubberized abric; manuacture o blankets, tiles and handicrats

rom pre-vulcanized latex; relie paintings on abric made rom

igmented latex; and the institutional rameworks and governancemechanisms o cooperatives and producer associations.

o date, Poloprobio has replicated its rubber production modelt eleven sites across our Amazonian states: ve in Acre, two inmazonas, one in Rondnia, and three in Par. There are currently00 people directly beneting rom the technology, includinground 330 indigenous people and 270 traditional rubber-tappers.

ndirectly, over 2,000 individuals have benetted in the communitieswhere the projects are being implemented.

PARTNERS

Federal University o Acre: provides ellowship scholarshiptechnical support; hosts a demonstration and teaching unthe university campus; certies trained extractors; drats unding proposals with Poloprobio.

The National Indian Foundation (FUNAI): provides appand logistical support or the implementation o projec

indigenous land sites. Chico Mendes Institute or Conservation o Biodive

(ICMBio): provides approval or the implementation o projin National Conservation Units and Sustainable Use Reserve

Federal University o Par, Centre or Amazon Resedeveloped a research project to be implemented with urom the FINEP Award or Innovation 2008 won by Poloprois initiating a research eort targeting expansion o Poloprowork to the citizens o Maraj Island, at the mouth oAmazon River.

Bank o Brazil Foundation: Awarded Poloprobio the 2007 STechnology Award, including BRL 50,000 prize money (31,370).

Petrobras Development and Citizenship Program: unsix new production units; providing technical assistance urther eleven units.

Banco da Amaznia: unds demonstration and teaching un Support Service or Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBR

unded two production units, one in Acre (Santa Quiteria)another in Par (Luiz Lopes Sobrinho), or a period o 18 mon

National Council or Scientic and Technological Developm(CNPq): unded production units and research.

Overseas Agricultural Institute, Italy - Biodiversity ProgBrazil: nanced seven production units.

Research and Projects Financing - Brazilian Innovation Ag

(FINEP): awarded Poloprobio the FINEP Award or Innova2007/2008. Association o Residents and Farmers in the Extra

Settlement Project o Santa Quitria Association o Rubber Tree Tappers Cazumb, Zirmo - Irace Organization o Indigenous Peoples o Envira River Association o Indigenous Kaxarari Peoples o Vila Extrema Intercommunity Association o Micro and Small Farmers o

Right Bank o the Tapajs River between Piquiatuba and Rev Novo Encanto Association or Ecological Development

Table 1: Projects implemented by Poloprobio, by state and site

State Site Project

Acre Tarauac Indigenous Lands o the Kaxinawa o the Humait RiverFeij Indigenous Lands o the Katukina/Kaxinawa o the Envira RiverIndigenous Lands o the Kaxinawa o Nova OlindaIndigenous Lands o the Kaxinawa o Curralinho Rubber

Sena Madureira Extractive Reserve Cazumb-IracemaBrasilia Extractive Settlement Santa Quitria ProjectRio Branco Federal University o Acre campus

Amazonas Boca do Acre Indigenous Lands o the Camicu/ApurinLbrea New Enchantment Rubber

Rondnia Porto Velho Indigenous Lands o the Kaxarari o Vila ExtremaPar Belterra National Forest o Tapajs

So Francisco do Par Settlement Luis Lopez Sobrinho ProjectBelm Combu Island


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FURTHER REFERENCE

Poloprobio Photo Story (Vimeo) http://vimeo.com/24481264

Encauchados de vegetais(YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhySM014T_w

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